“Nah, the vampires did,” Sky raised her brows. “They’re pregnant the longest and give birth to huge babies. Rumor has it that their females have narrow hips. Most of the females are too narrow in the pelvis to birth young.” She lifted her head and cocked it to the side. “We’ll talk about this later.”

“You still haven’t told me how we’ll know if you’re pregnant or not.”

“My scent will change. It’s even more noticable since I’m a an air dragon and Lake is a water dragon. You might end up being the first human pregnant with a royal, dragon child.” She lowered her voice to a whisper. “How exciting would that be?” She gave Candy’s hand a squeeze.

Candy shook her head. “Not happening. I’m not ready for that.”

Sky shushed her. “We’ll chat later. I still haven’t told you about the earth dragons.” She giggled. “Your date is almost here.” She practically ran from the room.

Candy could hear her call out to someone. A deep voice answered. It was Torrent. Her heart beat a little faster.

It took about a half a minute for him to knock on her door.

She smoothed a hand down her dress. “Come in.”

He walked in and her eyes widened with surprise. Torrent was wearing jeans, a faded baseball shirt and sneakers. The jeans pulled tight around his thighs, as did the shirt around the span of his shoulders and the breadth of his biceps.

“You look amazing,” he growled. She forgot for a second that she was wearing a summer dress. It was pink, of all colors. It was one of the items he’d had his men purchase for her not so long ago. There were sandals on her feet and she wore her hair in a loose ponytail.

He pulled a face. “Am I allowed to say that? Surely I am? I can tell my friend”—he emphasized the word—“that she looks amazing, can’t I? Now…” His eyes turned up towards the ceiling. “If I said that you were sexy or just about the most ravishing creature that I’d ever seen, that would probably be pushing it… for a friend.”

She had to smile. “That might be pushing it… yes. You look pretty amazing yourself.”

“Yeah… um… I ran a little errand earlier. I got you something.”

“I don’t need anything. I told you that earlier.”

His face fell. He suddenly looked really unsure of himself. More like a little boy than a grown man… a king. She felt guilty. “I didn’t mean it like that. I’m sorry.”

Torrent grinned. “Okay well… I’m a little nervous now that I’m here… I had this all planned out. Shit!” He ran a hand through his hair.